ST. LUCIE COUNTY — Put on your running shoes, because you're going to need them to keep up with Christine Iannotti, the new events coordinator and community outreach specialist for the VIM/HANDS Clinic of St. Lucie County.

Iannotti, an independent associate with Legal Shield, was actually hired in May to help coordinate the many events hosted by the Ladies of The Jewelia Project.

She's done an incredible job herding the efforts of these women who have devoted one to three years to seeing to the continued success of the HANDS Clinic.

As a volunteer board member of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, Iannotti has been involved with event planning for quite some time.

"All my life I have been planning events, whether they were bridal showers, band concerts, weddings, PTO functions, Girl Scouts, American Legion or for the AFSP," she said, "a good time was had by all."

This very energetic young woman not only volunteers for the AFSP, but for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, the American Cancer Society, the Susan G. Komen Foundation, and the Sunrise Theatre.

The VIM/HANDS Clinic of St. Lucie County, a Volunteers in Medicine clinic, is a registered 501c3 non-profit organization. It provides access to free primary healthcare and a continuum of care to qualified, low-income, uninsured, adult residents of St. Lucie County. Funding for the Clinic is provided by donations.

To learn more about the Clinic, call 772 462-5646. To become involved, either as an office or medical volunteer or to help with fund-raising, call Christine at 772 462-5652.